Chapter 7 On the orders of the emperor, mention the Imperial City Division
After coming down from the Taiqing Tower, the four incense and four guards who were waiting downstairs surrounded me, I nodded to them, and said to Qiu Xiang: Qiu Xiang will go back to the prince's mansion first, and report the good news to the princess and others. Everyone was overjoyed, bowed their heads and bowed their hands, saluted and said in unison: The slave and maid contributed to the prince's promotion of the Imperial City Division. Then Qiu Xiang rushed away, I waited for everyone to follow the inner servant out of the Taiqing Building, through the Linhua Gate, through the pole gate, the colonnade, the Xuanyou Gate, and then through the colonnade, and then the back door of the Wende Palace, came to the Wende Palace, only to see the small chamberlain to write the holy decree in the province according to the custom, and then to the draft of the document reviewed by the province under the door, after checking that it is correct, and then cover the seal of the province to pass the examination and approval, the government hall in the book under the door of the flat seal of the seal, the governor of the government to sign the seal, the emperor stamped the jade seal to complete the issuance of the holy decree and the letter of appointment.
Then the chamberlain took our group to turn right through the east pavilion gate, passed the back door of the Daqing Palace, and arrived at the Imperial City Division located in the left Chengtian Gate. After a while, I saw dozens of people kneeling in front of the small chamberlain, and then I saw someone who came to put the incense case and light the dragon incense, and the little chamberlain slowly opened the holy decree and said loudly: I Shao Yingjun's life ....... When I finally finished reading, I heard them say in unison: Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live! At this time, the little eunuch held the holy decree with both hands and handed it to the middle-aged man kneeling in the front row, they got up and stood, and the little chamberlain continued: The emperor dictated, and the former imperial city secretary raised Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, to move to the Taibao. The little chamberlain then turned his head and bowed his head and bowed his hand to me and said: "Prince, the holy decree has been read, please take office." After saying that, Mimi smiled, and I motioned to Dongxiang, and Dongxiang handed over the silver.
I saw the middle-aged man who was kneeling just now bowed his head to me and bowed his hand and said, "The prince, please come with the officials." I smiled and nodded to him, and followed him into the main hall of the Imperial City Division, and came to the main hall, under the guidance of the middle-aged man, I sat on the big desk, Sanxiang and the guards stood on two sides, and then dozens of people outside the door rushed in turn, came to the desk and stood on the two sides, and randomly knelt down under the leadership of the middle-aged man.
I was in a good mood at the moment, sitting under the desk, the hall was full of a large number of people, and a sense of superiority of power arose, especially when I saw their bowing, I had never enjoyed this big scene of being respected, and I was a little fluttering, so I replied loudly to everyone in the hall: Everyone, please get up. Everyone got up in response, and then a young man in brocade clothes and the middle-aged man holding the holy decree just now came to the desk, and put the Imperial City Minister's Office and related documents on the side of the desk. After a little thought, I got up and walked to the young man in brocade, stretched out my hands and clasped his hand and said, "Congratulations to the third brother on his appointment to the Taibao."
Judging from the age of clothing and appearance, the young man in brocade clothes must be the third son of the emperor, Zhao Kai, that is, the predecessor of the Imperial City Division, which can further confirm my conjecture from the handover of the Great Seal. Based on politeness and process, I also have to be generous and friendly, after all, there is a brotherly feeling. I saw Zhao Kai with a wry smile on his face: "I am happy and happy, my younger brother is also congratulated on the promotion of the Imperial City Division, I am going to thank my father first at this moment, and I will leave." I solemnly held his hand, pretending to be reluctant and said: What the virtuous brother said is very true, the position of the Taibao is the trust of the father and the emperor to the virtuous brother, and he should go to thank him as soon as possible, then the elder brother will not leave the virtuous brother, and the virtuous brother will be welcome to come to the Imperial City Division to sit in the future. The third brother Zhao Kai showed a smile that seemed to be smiling, and then let go of the hand he was holding, and bowed his head to me again, bowed his hand, and turned around and walked outside the hall, looking at the lonely back of the third brother, my heart was also a little sour, but for the sake of ...... There is no way, if there is really such a day, my brother will definitely give you a generous compensation, at least let the virtuous brother have no worries about food and clothing.
After regaining his mood, he strode back to the big desk, looked at the people in the hall, and said loudly: The generals please introduce themselves and the number of people under the jurisdiction of the ministry to which they belong! I saw that the middle-aged man who was holding the holy decree just now first came out of the queue and bowed his head and bowed his hand and said: Lord Qiqi, where is the official affairs of the Imperial City Division, the main responsibility is to assist in the overall planning and promotion of the Lord to manage the Imperial City Division. The two men on the left side of the hall bowed their heads and bowed their hands and said: Cao Kang, the official of the lower official, and Wang Sheng, the official of the lower official, are currently mainly assisting in the work of Lord He. Then came the self-introduction of everyone: 600 people belonging to the previous commander Li Li, 600 people belonging to the second commander Ji Han, 600 people belonging to the third commander Chen Dong, 600 people belonging to the fourth commander Yu Zhong, and 600 people belonging to the fifth commander Fang Jiezhong. 1,000 people under the next commander Wang Li, 1,000 under the second commander Du Sheng, 1,000 under the third commander Chen Da, 1,000 under the fourth commander Zhi Fang, 1,000 under the fifth commander Liu Yu, 200 under Qian Fei, director of the Detective Department, and 100 under Lu Fang, the director of the Bingjing Affairs Officer.......
After everyone has been introduced, my brain is also a paste at this time, who remembers this, how complex the establishment and composition of personnel, it seems that I have to be familiar with it for a while, in general, the current management of the Imperial City Division of my boss, his assistant is the official He came from, where did he come from, and there were two assistants below, namely Cao Kang, the official officer and Wang Sheng, the official officer, in my impression, the position of official affairs should be a three-person establishment, and there is only one official matter today. But the current matter has not been completely sorted out, this thought was brought in an instant, looking at the hall full of red clothes and belts, wearing black boots of the senior management team of the Imperial City Division, I was full of confidence, and then said: You have worked hard, this prince has just been ordered to take office today, and he is still very unfamiliar with the specific situation and operation mode of the Imperial City Division, I hope you will assist, support, and cooperate with the work of this prince in the future. After saying that, he smiled politely and bowed his hand to the court.
This move is estimated to frighten everyone in the hall, the previous imperial city secretary to promote, with them how can they be so polite, not to mention the prince as a prince, in the feudal era, not only the subordinates completely obey the superiors, but also respect the imperial power and majesty, in the face of me so polite, they do feel sincerely afraid, but in my opinion, this is a necessary politeness, that is, it means, after all, modern people still pay great attention to workplace etiquette, this may be the so-called generation gap. And it's a generational gap across generations.
After listening to me, everyone in the hall knelt down and said: The prince is serious, the lower officials don't dare, and the lower officials are willing to serve the prince! When I saw this, I knew that what I had just done might cause them to misunderstand, so I immediately changed the topic and said: Everyone, please get up, what is the matter, please introduce the main responsibilities of our company. He Lai got up and arched his hand and said: Lord Qiyu, the Imperial City Division is in charge of the palace forbidden guards, and the second is in charge of spying and supervising. Specifically, it is in charge of the keys and wooden deeds of the palace gates in the inner city, and the palace gates are opened and closed in time. Every year, the guards, the palace gate, the palace gate, and the imperial city gate are replaced and inspected. It is the core part of the palace defense system. In addition, it is to investigate the situation in the army and prevent conspiracy and disturbance, and its main targets are the generals of the guards in front of the palace and the military and political forces of the forbidden army, the forbidden army around the Beijing Division, the armies of various roads, prefectures, prefectures, and counties, the militia, the soldiers and the border troops stationed on the border. In addition, he is also responsible for cleaning the inner court, garbage disposal, and toilet cleaning.
I frowned as I listened, isn't this a typical spy agency, very similar to the Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty, this Imperial City Division is terrifying, if it is not controlled, the consequences will be unimaginable, no wonder the old man will promote the Imperial City Division to me. It seems that it is also a test for me, to see if I can govern this imperial city division with a special mission, and more importantly, trust, this is the palace that opens and closes the gate of the inner court, and it is also the last guard around the emperor.
After listening to He Lai's introduction, I didn't know how to pretend to understand and nodded casually and said: Very good, this prince has a general understanding of the Imperial City Division at this time. In order not to affect your normal errands, except for He Lai, the detention officer Cao Kang, and the hook officer Wang Sheng, the others retreated first. Everyone in the hall bowed their heads and bowed their hands, and then they went away one after another. When everyone left, there were only three people left in the hall. These three people are currently the senior management team members of the entire Imperial City Division, this person is suddenly less, I feel a lot more down-to-earth, and a lot more relaxed, so I politely said: Three of you, please take a seat, thanks to the grace of the Holy God, this prince is also suddenly promoted to the Imperial City Division, things are indeed sudden, this prince is completely unprepared, so the future daily affairs are expected to be more troublesome, the prince will be familiar with government affairs as soon as possible, before the prince is familiar with the affairs of the department, the general government affairs of the division are discussed by the three together, Important matters can be reported to the prince, after all, the responsibility of the department is related to the safety of the emperor and the inner court. The prince should also be cautious and not make decisions about this matter until he has fully familiarized himself with the matter, so as to prevent mistakes.
This can be retreated, after all, the third child was in charge of the Imperial City Division before, I don't know about the personnel and the thoughts of the three of them, this can be handed over to them to deal with the specific affairs, so as to observe whether the three of them are loyal to me, these three in case of mishandling, I can advance or retreat, so let the three of them make their own decisions on their own is the most beneficial to my current state.
Seeing that I was so straightforward, the three of them got up one after another and said: "The prince is respected, and the prince is trusted." Each subordinate hopes to be fully authorized and affirmed by the superior, for the three of them, this is not only my trust in them, but also the key time to see their ability to work, for them, my status as a prince is not ordinary, according to the high probability of events, I am the emperor in the future, and for them, can be the future emperor of the half of the matter, what a glory and opportunity, the future will be from the dragon minister. So this trust is rare for them. Just when both sides were happy, the specific work arrangements of the Imperial City Division for the coming period were decided.
I saw that the current arrangements were almost the same, so I said to them: Then this is the end of today, and the prince will go home first. Everything in the division is hard for everyone, and if you have any urgent matters, you can go to the East Palace Mansion to report. The three of them glanced at each other, then they all bent over and said: "Xiaguan sends off the prince!" I nodded slightly and got up and walked towards the outside of the hall, Sanxiang and the guards followed behind, the three of them led the way in front, and when they arrived at the door, they told the three to stop, and I led everyone back to the East Palace, and the three people at the door kept watching me leave.